Experience

Cloud Computing Technologies

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• DevSecOps SME - AWS Certified Solutions Architect & Developer

  • Aug 2000 - Present

  Chandler, Arizona ENTERPRISE SERVICES | CLOUD ARCHITECTURE & LEADERSHIP | ACTIVE DIRECTORY AWS CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT | AMAZON CLOUD TECHNOLOGY | VMWARE ♦ Awarded over 140 DoD and Federal contracts and multi-million dollar projects for the US Department of Homeland Security, Energy, and the US Air Force as a certified CVE Verified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) ♦ Dynamic, performance-driven, and strategic Technology Executive with experience encompassing Amazon Cloud… Show more ENTERPRISE SERVICES | CLOUD ARCHITECTURE & LEADERSHIP | ACTIVE DIRECTORY AWS CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT | AMAZON CLOUD TECHNOLOGY | VMWARE ♦ Awarded over 140 DoD and Federal contracts and multi-million dollar projects for the US Department of Homeland Security, Energy, and the US Air Force as a certified CVE Verified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) ♦ Dynamic, performance-driven, and strategic Technology Executive with experience encompassing Amazon Cloud Technology (10 years), Red Hat Linux & VMware (15 years) ♦ Execute a multi-faceted, all encompassing technology solutions architect role while building new systems and migrating existing applications, software & services to AWS ♦ Administer technical cloud architecture leadership at an enterprise-level for the largest and most complex cloud engagements with Fortune 500 companies, the Department of Defense (DoD), DoD Prime Contractors, Federal Agencies, and small businesses ♦ Deliver specialized architecture services in building and managing testing environments, Amazon Cloud architecture, Cloud security, automating scripts, AWS architecture, and IT cloud management ♦ Expertise in designing scalable, secure, reliable, and efficient technical cloud ecosystems vi secure CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) orchestration with terraform, ansible, and helm to deploy enterprise applications and kubernetes microservices ♦ Employs SAFe Agile project leadership approach, define technology strategy and enterprise architecture, service-oriented architecture, process modeling and application portfolio optimization ♦ Proficiently implement cloud instances on a large-scale with bootstrapping and of AD, VPC, ELB, EBS, EC2, S3, IAM, SES, SQS, SWF, EMR, HSM, RDS, IOT, SLA, CMS, MS, VMWARE, and RHEL ♦ Turn-key digital transformations including lift-and-shift, partial refactoring, or full refactoring implementations on horizontally scaling platforms including Amazon AWS and Azure Show less



Ameristar Technologies

• United States
• Software Development

• Pre-Sales Engineer - Project Manager

  • 1999 - 2000

  Phoenix, AZ ♦ Enabled business growth and added revenues through point-to-point WAN connectivity, project managing system integration, and delivering installation and service of computer networking solutions and Internet connectivity ♦ Concept-to-completion leader for virtual infrastructures, IaaS, Paas, SaaS systems, including network infrastructure, e-commerce, and ERP systems ♦ Executed a pivotal role in implementing Shared-Services solutions to meet specific business, financial, and… Show more ♦ Enabled business growth and added revenues through point-to-point WAN connectivity, project managing system integration, and delivering installation and service of computer networking solutions and Internet connectivity ♦ Concept-to-completion leader for virtual infrastructures, IaaS, Paas, SaaS systems, including network infrastructure, e-commerce, and ERP systems ♦ Executed a pivotal role in implementing Shared-Services solutions to meet specific business, financial, and performance metrics; engineered Ethernet and fiber solutions, maximizing performance and scalability ♦ Participated in the end-to-end sales process for all opportunities including initial client communication, on-site presentations, RFI response, multi-day client workshops, RFP submission, negotiation and deal signing ♦ Performed a field-facing role and held responsible for maintaining and acquiring new clients/accounts; achieved P&L targets defined within the holistic business ♦ Worked in close collaboration with pre-sales team and delivery teams to ensure that proposed offerings and services fully met customers’ business and technology requirements ♦ Effectively communicated with the senior leadership team as well as clients to manage expectations and provide regular updates; enforced adherence to project requirements during solution build and implementation ♦ Managed network bandwidth and security evaluations, and deployed WAN based on Cisco routers including VoIP technologies; mitigated technology, information and system risks via investigating security breaches and implementing countermeasures Show less



Motorola

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Semiconductor Production Manager - Photolithography - Implant

  • 1997 - 1999

  Mesa, AZ ♦ Administered leadership to a manufacturing team operating class 10 clean-room manufacturing sophisticated discrete integrated circuit micro-controllers ♦ Managed hiring, training and performance evaluations of staff, and ensured manufacturing processes operated smoothly, were cost-effective and delivered products on time ♦ Spearheaded efforts to manage monthly production budgets to control costs while simultaneously managing human capital and material resources to meet… Show more ♦ Administered leadership to a manufacturing team operating class 10 clean-room manufacturing sophisticated discrete integrated circuit micro-controllers ♦ Managed hiring, training and performance evaluations of staff, and ensured manufacturing processes operated smoothly, were cost-effective and delivered products on time ♦ Spearheaded efforts to manage monthly production budgets to control costs while simultaneously managing human capital and material resources to meet production targets ♦ Employed quality management concepts into daily production management practices, and trained teams on QS-9000 automotive quality standards, thus increasing productivity and efficiency of production operations ♦ Remained a standards focused leader, implementing Six Sigma methodology, and analytically scheduled work flow and inventory to minimize delays or idle tools Show less



United States Marine Corps

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Watch Commander - Military Police

  • 1991 - 1997

  Various Locations ♦ Earned progressive leadership responsibilities and rise in ranks during tenure; provided leadership to platoon carrying out results-driven military operations ♦ Directed subordinate training and certification for police skills requirements; accomplished special research projects as Military Police Investigator ♦ Pioneered the development of training instruction for newly implemented base 911 system ♦ Awarded multiple Certificate of Commendations, and received an… Show more ♦ Earned progressive leadership responsibilities and rise in ranks during tenure; provided leadership to platoon carrying out results-driven military operations ♦ Directed subordinate training and certification for police skills requirements; accomplished special research projects as Military Police Investigator ♦ Pioneered the development of training instruction for newly implemented base 911 system ♦ Awarded multiple Certificate of Commendations, and received an honorable discharge Show less